Justice R.M. Lodha to be next Chief Justice of India

>> Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha has
been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India and he will assume his charge
on April 27.

>> “In exercise of the powers
conferred by clause (2) of Article 124 of the Constitution of India, the
President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha, Judge of the
Supreme Court, to be the Chief Justice of India with effect from April 27, 2014,”
a Law Ministry statement said.

>> Justice Lodha (64) is the
senior-most judge of the apex court after CJI P. Sathasivam. He will have a
brief tenure of five months as the Chief Justice as he is scheduled to retire
on September 27, this year.

>> Justice Lodha’s name was
recommended as the next CJI by Justice Sathasivam.

>> As per the Memorandum of Procedure
which governs the appointment of members of the higher judiciary, appointment
to the office of the Chief Justice of India should be of the senior-most judge
of the Supreme Court considered fit to hold the office. It stipulates that the
Law Minister would, at the appropriate time, seek the recommendation of the
outgoing Chief Justice of India for the appointment of the next CJI. Under this
process, after receipt of the recommendation of the CJI, the Law Minister puts
it up to the Prime Minister who advises the President in the matter of
appointment.

>> Born in Jodhpur, Justice Lodha
enrolled with Bar Council of Rajasthan in February 1973. He practiced Law in
the Rajasthan High Court and dealt with all branches of law — constitutional,
civil, company, criminal, taxation and labour. He was elevated as a Permanent
Judge of the Rajasthan High Court in January 1994. He was transferred to the
Bombay High Court where he assumed office in February 1994. Justice Lodha was
transferred back to the Rajasthan High Court in February 2007. He had been the
Administrative Judge of the Rajasthan High Court and was chairman of State
Judicial Academy.

>> He was sworn in as Chief Justice
of the Patna High Court on May 13, 2008 and elevated as a Judge of the Supreme
Court on December 17, 2008.

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>> Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India and he will assume his charge on April 27. ...